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Washing our bikes in the sun!
Our bikes were so mucky after being ridden through the winter months in all weathers! We decided to take advantage of the gorgeous spring weather and set up our very own bike wash. We used our gross motor skills to get them gleaming and sparkling like new!
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Visit from the Global Renewables Team!
Thursday 12th March
It's the week before our exciting field trip to the Global Renewables site in Leyland and the teachers from the site have come to visit us and work with us.
They taught us about what they do at their site, but without giving too much away!
We also learned more about…
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Visit from the dental nurse
Friday 13th March
Today we had two dental nurses visit us from a dental surgery to tell us more about keeping our teeth healthy.
They taught us the importance of brushing our teeth, twice a day everyday day. They also told us what can happen to our teeth if we don't!
We learned…
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Carleton News
Come and join our school newspaper club! We are meeting on Mondays after school from half past three to half past 4. We are interviewing teachers and writing some class news to go on the school website. We will be using the ipads and netbooks to put things in the Newspaper. If you want to come get…
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Timmy and Iggy. The Giant African Land Snails.
Timmy and Iggy are Giant African Land Snails. They are visiting us from Ewan's house and having a sleepover in "The Nest" till Friday. Come and pay us a visit.
The children will be taking responsibility of the care of these beautiful creatures.
Thank you Ewan for this amazing…
A visit from the dental nurses...
Not only was it red nose day on friday, the children in doves also received a very special visit from the dental nurses!
As part of our new science topic, teeth and digestion the children were very lucky to have two dental nurses, come into our class to discuss keeping our teeth healthy.
The…
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Story Time in "The Nest"
We just love re-telling stories in "The Nest".
Can you guess what story we are re-telling?
First week in "The Nest"
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We have had such a busy week in "The Nest". We have worked hard and well as a team.
Our topic till Easter is "Outdoor Detectives"
This week, most of our activities have been related to trees. Take a look at our super photos of:
-Outdoor Walks
-Painting trees
-Looking at…
Tasty cheese straw trees
On Wednesday the children cooked up some tasty treats inspired by our topic Outdoor Detectives.
Look at how yummy our cheese straw trees look!
How did they taste? Marks out of 10.
Why not make these at home?
Celebrating Holi
We had a lovely morning celebrating the Hindu festival Holi. It is when Hindus say goodbye to winter and welcome spring. We listened to stories of how families celebrate by throwing coloured powder over each other!! We were very lucky to have a visitor who showed us how to make rangoli patterns…
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Ordering the length of objects
Some children were able to order planks from the builders' shed according to their length. They could say which was the shortest and longest.
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Comparing length
We have been finding different objects to put in order of their length outside.
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